Biography of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury 1662-1740

Paternal Family Tree: Knollys

Before Jun 1645 [his uncle] Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury (age 18) was killed in an argument. His brother [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 14) succeeded 3rd Earl Banbury, 3rd Viscount Wallingford, 3rd Baron Knollys although was never summoned to Parliament as a consequence of questions over his father's paternity.

Before Feb 1655 [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 24) and Isabella Blount (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 58) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 55). He the son of [his grandfather] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 72). They were first cousin twice removed.

On 04 Oct 1655 [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 24) and [his mother] Anne or Abigail Sherard (age 22) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 72).

On or before 03 Jun 1662 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury was born to Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 31) and Anne or Abigail Sherard (age 29). He was baptised on 03 Jun 1662 at the Church of St John the Baptist, Boughton.

In 1674 [his father] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 43) died. His son Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 11) de jure 4th Earl Banbury, 4th Viscount Wallingford, 4th Baron Knollys.

On 06 Mar 1680 [his mother] Anne or Abigail Sherard (age 47) died.

On 10 Jun 1685 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 23) unsuccessfully petitioned the House of Lords to become Earl Banbury.

On 16 May 1689 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 26) and Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Banbury. Said to be at the Nag's Head Coffee-House James Street although this may have been the location of the reception. He the son of Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and Anne or Abigail Sherard.

On 06 Oct 1692 Captain Philip Lawson was killed in a duel by his brother-in-law Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 30). The House of Lords decided that he was not a Peer (there was doubt over the paternity of his father), and he pleaded in the King's Bench. The second husband his wife [his sister] Anna Maria Knollys (age 36) had lost to dueling.

On 15 Oct 1694 [his son] Major William Knollys was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 32) and [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury (age 31).

Around 1697 [his daughter] Katherine Knollys was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury (age 33).

In Dec 1699 [his wife] Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury (age 36) died.

On 30 Apr 1702 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 39) and Mary Woods (age 18) were married at St Bride's Church. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and Anne or Abigail Sherard.

On 26 Mar 1703 [his son] Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 40) and [his wife] Mary Woods (age 19). He was baptised on 14 Apr 1703 at St James' Church, Piccadilly.

On 28 Dec 1725 [his son] Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Martha Hughes (age 21) were married at Nursling, Hampshire. He the son of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 63) and [his wife] Mary Woods (age 41).

On 26 Aug 1740 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 78) died at Dunkirk. His son [his son] Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury (age 37) de jure 5th Earl Banbury, 5th Viscount Wallingford, 5th Baron Knollys.

On 12 May 1762 [his former wife] Mary Woods (age 78) died.

Ancestors of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury 1662-1740

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knollys

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Doyley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Knollys

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Troutbeck

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Knollys

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston

GrandFather: William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Fulford

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boleyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Father: Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

GrandMother: Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geffrey Sherard of Stapleford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sherard

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Sherard

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Sherard

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Poulteney

Great x 2 Grandmother: Rose Poulteney

GrandFather: William Sherard 1st Baron Sherard

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Moore of Bourne in Lincolnshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Moore

Mother: Anne or Abigail Sherard

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cave

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Cave of Stanford

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Danvers

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Danvers

Great x 1 Grandfather: Cecil Cave of Stanford

Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cecil

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

GrandMother: Abigail Cave Baroness Sherard

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Bennett of Greenwich

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Bennett

Royal Ancestors of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury 1662-1740

Ancestors of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury 1662-1740